“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” -Buddha***
We mortals are composed of two great schools--Enlightened knaves or else religious fools.
--Abul 'Ala al Ma'arri (973-1057)***
"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" -Auntie Mame
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

More Merwin

Why Some People Do Not Read Poetry

Because they already know that it meansstopping and without stopping they know thatbeyond stopping it will mean listeninglistening without hearing and maybethen hearing without hearing and what wouldthey hear then what good would it be to themlike some small animal crossing the roadsuddenly there but not seeming to moveat night and they are late and may be onthe wrong road over the mountain with allthe others asleep and not hitting itthat time as though forgetting it again